Comments on Advance Indiana™: Township Trustee Spends $10,000 Of Poor Relief Funds For Black Tie Gala

The Township Trustee form of government is archaic...

2011-02-11T19:32:28.195-05:00

The Township Trustee form of government is archaic and stems from the Eliizabethan era of government which was transported to this county when it was first begun. It no longer is able to serve the purpose it was intended to serve, the Township Trustees have no way of knowing the poor in their community.
Untrue no one is trying to throw the Trustees to the dogs they are just trying to bring Indiana into the 21st century. Thanks Sara Wood

Those tickets were NOT bought with poor-relief fun...

2011-02-04T23:40:50.256-05:00

Those tickets were NOT bought with poor-relief funds. Every township has at least two separate funds: poor-relief & general. Spending on poor-relief is definitely limited to obvious poor-relief expenditures. The general fund may be used for cemeteries, libraries, meeting halls, golf-courses, Small Claims Courts or whatever the Township Board approves via the Budget.
I'll grant that the $10K table was politically unwise but it's not illegal.

Township mis-trustee?

2011-02-04T19:13:25.523-05:00

Township mis-trustee?

Townships MUST be eliminated! They are foundation...

2011-02-04T18:54:23.764-05:00

Townships MUST be eliminated! They are foundations of political corruption and TAX & SPEND waste!

The township governments forget that the money that they tax is OUR money...EARNED. They instead waste on extravagant wasteful riches, that many of us cannot afford....

The WORST example is the Center Twp, Marion County:

A 16 MILLION Dollar Massachusetts AV facility is one of many the township owns...and why????

It owns parking lots and residential plots...It owns the corrupt Carson Center. This was a THREE MILLION DOLLAR deal that bought the former Standard Life Insurance building on Fall Creek Parkway and now houses a BAR with a negative reputation and known for shoot-outs!!!

It costs more to administer the corruption in Center Twp than the relief it gives....think that is a problem?

Who appointed township governments as landlords? Why does a township government house a bar known for its shoot-outs and neighborhood complaints?

Eliminate township government!

And both the Wayne Township and Clay Township trus...

2011-02-04T11:57:34.815-05:00

And both the Wayne Township and Clay Township trustees are Republicans. They practice none of the principles of the Republican Party. I get criticized by Republicans for criticizing other Republicans, but I would just like for one elected Republican to occasionally practice what the party preaches.

Almost as bad as Wayne Township in Marion County. ...

2011-02-04T11:11:46.562-05:00

Almost as bad as Wayne Township in Marion County.
Weekly ads in all township newspapers advertising "free stuff" from the trustee. Cost - $$Thousands a month of TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
Uniforms for office staff! (As if clients didn't realize that the persons behind the counter were the employees!) Cost - $$Hundreds of TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
Hiring campaign manager as "assistant trustee (ONLY ONE IN INDIANA!) Cost - $over $100,000 TAX DOLLARS a year.
Hiring ex-bosses son as "Media Relations Specialist!" For WHAT? (ONLY ONE IN INDIANA!) Cost - $over $100,000 TAX DOLLARS a year.
Business as usual!